Apparatus for the manufacture of cream of tartar



(No Model.)

A. GOLDMAN.

APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CREAM 0F TARTAR. No. 806,242. PatentedOct. '7, 1884.

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"rrns ALBERT GOLDMAN, OF HOBOKEN, NFBV JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CREAM OF TARTAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,242, dated October7, 1884. Application filed February 21, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, ALBERT GOLDMAN, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudsonand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and use ful Improvement inDissolving-Vessels for Making Cream of Tartar, of which the follow ingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same, part of the cover being broken away, and theperforated cylinder being shown in section through the line 00 a, Fig.1.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the dissolving of thechemicals in making cream of tartar, and promote thoroughness in suchdissolving.

The invention consists in a dissolving-yes sel constructed with a tank,having a cover and a coil of heating-pipe, and provided with aperforated hollow cylinder placed within the said tank to receive thechemicals, and a per- ,forated pipe placed within the said cylinder tointroduce steam for dissolving the said chemicals, as will behereinafter fully described.

A represents a wooden tank twenty-five feet in diameter and sixteen feetin height, or of any other suitable size, and which is provided with aclosely-fitting cover, B. The cover B is provided with a man-h oleclosed by a cover, 0, and with a chimney or fine, D, for the es cape ofthe exhaust-steam.

Vithin the tank A is placed a coil, E, of pipe to receive steam forheating the contents of the said tank. The inlet end of the coil Epasses through the cover B, and the outlet end of the said coil passesout through the lower part of the side of the tank A, as shown in Figs.1 and 2.

\Vithin the tank A is placed a hollow copper cylinder, F, three feet(more or less) in diameter to receive the chemicals to be dis solved.The upper and middle parts of the cylinder F are perforated withnumerous small holes to allow the boiling liquid in the tank A tocirculate freely through the said cylinder. The lower part of thecylinder F is without perforations, as shown in Fig. 1.

Through the center of the cylinder F passes a pipe, G, to introduce livesteam into the said cylinder. The pipe G extends nearly to the bottom ofthe cylinder F, has its lower end closed, and has numerous perforationsin its lower part,.as shown in Fig. 1. The chemicals' to be dissolvedare thrown into the cylinder F gradually until the desired amount hasbeen introduced into the tank. ith this con struction, as the chemicalsfall through the cylinder F, they are met by the steam from the pipe Gand are at once dissolved, and are then evenly distributed through theliquid in the tank A by the boiling of the said liquid, so that noundissolved chemicals will be left on the bottom of the tank on accountof the difficulty of agitating the contents of the said tank bymechanical means. I

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A dissolving-vessel constructed substantially asherein shown and described, and consisting of the tank A, provided witha cover, B, a coil, E, of heating-pipe, a perforated hollow cylinder, F,placed in the said tank, and a perforated steam-pipe, G, placed in thesaid cylinder, as set forth.

2. In a dissolving-vessel, the combination, with the tank A and itscover B, of the perforated hollow cylinder F and the perforatedsteam-pipe G, substantially as herein shown and described.

ALBERT GOLDMAN.

Vitn esses JAMES T. GRAHAAI, EDGAR TATE.

